Neste, KLM join hands for sustainable aviation fuel for flights out of Schiphol

Dec 13, 2019: KLM is setting an example and actively contributing to make air transport more sustainable, by purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Cooking oil is used to make the fuel and reduces CO2 emissions by up to 80 percent compared to fossil kerosene.  Additionally, Neste is joining […]

Neste, KLM join hands for sustainable aviation fuel for flights out of Schiphol
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Dec 13, 2019: KLM is setting an example and actively contributing to make air transport more sustainable, by purchasing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Cooking oil is used to make the fuel and reduces CO2 emissions by up to 80 percent compared to fossil kerosene.

Additionally, Neste is joining KLM’s Corporate BioFuel Programme, which enables companies and organisations to ensure that sustainable aviation fuel is used for all or a portion of their air travel.

“Using sustainable aviation fuel is currently one of the most effective ways to reduce CO2 emissions in the airline industry. Owing largely to the companies taking part in the KLM Corporate BioFuel Programme, we have been able to make this purchase, giving a further impulse to the consistent production of SAF,” said Pieter Elbers, president & CEO, KLM.

The quantity of SAF will be blended with fossil fuel and is entirely certified according to the conventional specification for aviation fuel (ASTM), meeting the same quality and safety requirements. The blend will be supplied to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and is being treated completely as a drop-in fuel using the existing conventional fuel infrastructure, pipeline, and storage and hydrant system. In this way, sustainable aviation fuel contributes to reducing CO2 emissions from flights taking off from Amsterdam through CO2 footprint reductions in the supply chain.

KLM only sources sustainable aviation fuels based on waste and residue feedstocks that significantly reduce the CO2 footprint and do not have a negative impact on food production or the environment. The sustainability of the chain is ensured through certification by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC+) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB).

This volume is additional to the existing supply from Los Angeles to bridge the period towards the opening of the SAF production plant which is to be built in Delfzijl, Netherlands in 2022. This plant which is being developed by support of KLM along with industry partners will supply 75,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel a year to KLM.

Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel is fully compatible with the existing jet engine technology and fuel distribution infrastructure when blended with fossil jet fuel. In the US and Europe, the company’s renewable jet fuel annual capacity is currently 100,000 tons. With further production expansion on the way, Neste will have the capacity to produce over 1 million tonnes of renewable jet fuel globally by 2022.

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